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Word of the Day – Arachnid

By December 1, 2023Word of the Day

Arachnic (noun)

ar-ak-nid

any wingless, carnivorous arthropod of the class Arachnida, including spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy-longlegs, having a body divided into two parts, the cephalothorax and the abdomen, and having eight appendages and no antennae.

1865–70; New Latin Arachnida, Greek aráchn(ē) spider, spider’s web + New Latin -ida-ida

Example sentences

“I wasn’t keen on spiders, or any arachnids in fact!”

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